Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?

Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their foundations. It is dividing communities into those accused of blind faith and those labeled anti-church, while preventing reformers, clergy abuse survivors, and the faithful from moving forward. How can we shift the debate to address the underlying issues creating clergy abuse?

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?

Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their foundations. It is dividing communities into those accused of blind faith and those labeled anti-church, while preventing reformers, clergy abuse survivors, and the faithful from moving forward. How can we shift the debate to address the underlying issues creating clergy abuse?

The Ubu Hour finally airs the much anticipated, much overdue HOUR OF THE KITTEN, written by graphic novelist Jim Woodring and produced by SW Conser. We will aslo re-air THE DARKNESS, a bizarre sci-fi story about the world going dark, and the way people react to it. Plus some other stuff as well.. we're not even sure what.. you'll need to tune in to find out.

On the March 25, 2010, airing of Between the Covers, host Crystal Leighty interviews Chris Bohjalian, the author of thirteen books, including the new novel, Secrets of Eden, a story of shattered faith, intimate secrets and the delicate exploration of the nature of sacrifice.

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Novelist Ian McEwan is able "to display clearly how brilliant accomplishment in one area of a life can be, and very often is, combined with absurd ineptness (or worse) in other areas." Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden discusses McEwan's new novel Solar about a man whose personal life is a mess and yet is engaged in the fight against global warming.

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community?

Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their foundations.